missile brought from russia and fired from territory held by russian backed rebels that brought down the boeing 777 in july, 2014. >>> all 29 # 8 on board were killed. president obama will lead the u.s. delegation traveling to israel for the funeral of shimon peres friday. the former prime minister and president died today at 93. in a statement, mr. obama said "a light has gone out. but the hope he gave us will burn forever." holly williams is in tel aviv. >> reporter: the life of shimon peres was in many ways the story of israel itself. he was part of the generation that founded the jewish state. and over nearly seven decades of public service, he was a minister in 12 different cabinets, prime minister twice, as well as israel's president. he helped secure historic peace deals with israel's arab neighbors, egypt, jordan and as foreign minister perez held ground breaking secret negotiations with the palestinians. resulting in the oslo accords. signed at the white house in 1993, the first agreement between israelis and palestinians, aimed at ending their conflict. >> we shall negotiate with you